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AROUND THE WORLD; Soviet Jet Hijacked To Turkish NATO Base

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November 8, 1982, Page 00005 The New York Times Archives

Three Soviet citizens, reportedly ethnic Germans, seeking political asylum hijacked a Soviet airliner today, stabbed the pilot and forced the plane to land at a Turkish NATO base where they surrendered, officials said.

The airliner, with 25 people aboard, had been on a domestic flight from Novorossiysk to Odessa on the Black Sea coast when the three men commandeered it, said an official in the Ankara office of Aeroflot, the state-run Soviet airline.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry said the hijackers, armed with knives, surrendered to Turkish authorities and asked for political asylum after forcing the plane to land at the military base at Sinop, on the Black Sea coast. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation is run jointly by United States and Turkish authorities.

Officials in Sinop said the pilot was stabbed in a scuffle with the hijackers and taken to a local hospital. He was reported in satisfactory condition.

Foreign Ministry officials said the plane and passengers would be returned promptly, but the hijackers would be tried in Turkey.

A version of this article appears in print on November 8, 1982, on Page A00005 of the National edition with the headline: AROUND THE WORLD; Soviet Jet Hijacked To Turkish NATO Base. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe